Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures -- Charles Dickens

<b>Brighten the holiday season with five classic tales from the master of Christmastime fiction.</b> <p/>Charles Dickens's most famous holiday story is the 1843 publication <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release of <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Dickens released <i>The Chimes: A Christmas Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In</i>. This story combined his enduring sympathy for the poor with the notion that we must always strive to live in nobler ways. In 1845 came <i>The Cricket on the Hearth</i>, a novella that, in its time, surpassed even <i>A Christmas Carol</i> in popularity for stage productions. The years 1846 and 1848 respectively brought <i>The Battle of Life</i> and <i>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain</i>. Given this wealth of Christmas-themed works, it is no wonder that Dickens is sometimes referred to as "the man who invented Christmas."<br><br><b>Author:</b> Charles Dickens<br><b>Publisher:</b> Canterbury Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 09/09/2025<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.75lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.75h x 5.25w x 1.22d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781667208589